From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

November 30, 2011

Local veterinarians Drs. Kennie and Chuck Reeves of Dayton Veterinary Clinic have been member of the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association for 38 years. This year, the organization is celebrating 100 years of service, commemorating the changes and advances for the association as well as the profession.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 27, 1996

The Blue Mt. Eagles Auxiliary presented a $1,000 grant to the Special Education Department of the Dayton School District. The grant proceeds were made possible from the Eagles Auxiliary’s Annual Jimmy Durante Children’s Fund, a Funday is held each February.

Bumpercrop Debuts a New Gift Product. The product is appropriately named “Cup of Coffee Cake” and comes in a unique triangular box, complete with a mug, cake and frosting mixes to make 3 cups of cake.

Fifty Years Ago

November 25, 1971

Joel Bath, eighth grade student at Starbuck Elementary School, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bath, with a grade point average of 3.6, earned top scholastic honors at the school for the first quarter, according to the teacher, Mrs. Alene Severtsen.

Four members of the Dayton Chapter Future Farmers of America, added four Chester Whites and two Hampshire, top quality bred gilts to their herds from a buying trip to Rensselaer, Indiana by Vo-Ag instructor Marvin Evers and Ray Meenach of Valleford, a well-known Chester White breeder.

Four members of the Dayton Chapter Future Farmers of America livestock judging team won sixth place in a field of over 100 judging teams at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition held in Portland, Ore. Team members were Mary Sue Evers, Ron Ashley and Gene Warren. Alternate team members were Mary Lee Martin, Lois Dickinson and Dan Magill. The group was chaperoned by Advisor Marvin Evers and Mrs. Marvin Evers.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 28, 1946

It was announced at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce by Clifton H. McCauley, Postmaster, that Dayton was “at the top of the list for a new federal building to house the post office.” Ninety-four thousand dollars has been appropriated for the project.

Mayor Hustles Supply of Coal—Gets 4 Cars To Cover Strike. With the curtailment of coal production and the government’s freezing, Dayton’s newly elected Mayor Wilson, called a special meeting of the council to take steps deemed necessary for Dayton to meet the crisis.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 30, 1921

Percy Butts, judged to be about 22 years old, a colored man in the employ of the O.W.R. & . Co. was instantly killed at about 3:30 Saturday morning when run into by a work train near the Snake River bridge. The crews had been working double shift since the deep snow and this man was on a speeder to watch the track. It seems he fell asleep on duty and was not aware of the oncoming train. He had no relatives and was brought to Dayton for burial.

Over 80 of the 121 hogs at the Frank Davin ranch south of the new hospital grounds have died and it is expected that the larger share of the remaining ones will also succumb. The hogs have been suffering from a malady of either swine plague or hog cholera, according to the authorities.

The latest outbreak of animal disease is the “walking disease” of horses, according to Dr. J.C. Exline of the local office of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry. Several head of horses on a ranch near Waitsburg have succumbed to the disease.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 28, 1896

Those farmers who have harvested their potatoes and holed them up securely are fortunate. There are a great many acres of potatoes un dug and it is thought that the freeze of Thursday night ruined all potatoes in the field. Good potatoes will be worth $1.50 per sack in the spring.